So, this number is like the one the ones I was talking about earlier- for number 2 on my list of 100 books it says 'The Lord of the Rings'. Well, I feel fairly obligated to write a letter to someone and let them know that The Lord of the Rings is actually three books and now the list is 102! And it is just gonna get longer because it does this several times. Man, people in England may know how to read better, but I can count better.
Anyways, to the book review!
So I have not read this book for ages! Believe it or not I have actually read it before. Even better- I read them before they were famous! When I was in 5th grade (before the movies came out! :D) I read these books and they were fantastic!
Some parts in The Fellowship of the Ring do admittedly seem a little drawn out to me, and some parts just don't seem to actually NEED to be in the book- they serve no purpose. This is one reason I like all of the movies- they are fairly faithful adaptations but they cut out the fairly useless stuff and some of the harder dialogue to follow. And of course with a movie you don't need to have pages and pages of description- so that's nice!
But it was still really good! I'd forgotten how good! There is something about going back and reading a book, and a book will almost always have trumps over a movie! I got to know Frodo so much better! I remembered some of my favorite lines that Pippin or Merry would say and all the adventures that they had to endure- just in the first book mind- became so fresh in my head!
However, now I HAVE to see the movie. I'm not even kidding- I have been craving the movie since I got to the part in the book where the four hobbits got to Elrond! In the book they have the council as well and I couldn't help it- the entire time I was reading it I was just picturing the movie in my head. Where Boromir rides up on his horse, and Legolas swings off and graceful and elf-like.
I have to see the movie!!!
But yeah, it is a good book and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to read it! Just be aware that there are some parts that are harder to get through due to a bit of overdrawn out description, and there are some parts where you may be like, "Hmmm, what was J. R. R. Tolkien thinking? Why is this in here?" But overall, quite good! :D
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I of course didn't actually read the article but I'm not so sure that many British people have read the complete list either. Honestly I have a hard time imaginie 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is a top seller over seas...I look forward to reading SuZan's comment here though as she had the same issue with the list. Your review is great - it's the polar opposite of the last - sparse on details of the story but good for letting us know it's okay to skim pieces...thanks. Someday when I work up the courage I'll attempt this book.
p.s. word is squensed...what would that be? It's fun just imagining what would happen if something was squensed.
flessia - not as good as squenced but pretty awesome - I think it's a noun where squenced was a past tense verb as in "Wow that flessia sure got squenced."
I think I'm going to quote you!! "Those British people can read well, but I can count better!!" lol you're awesome Bonnie!
I TRIED reading the fellowship of the ring, thinking it would be as effortless as watching the movie. But Tolkien has a VERY cumbersome writing style. I goes into elaborate detail on EVERYTHING! I recall the council of elrond took up like seventy pages in the book alone. I think I will try to pick it up again now that I'm older and am more patient with reading. And yes, the Lord of the Rings trilogy are some of my favorite movies! They are cinematically GORGEOUS!! We should have a lord of the rings marathon party Bonnie. What do you say, after our Gilligan's island movie marathon! lol
Way to go on the reading list! I will start it someday! But I'm sure you'll be done with it before I even get there! lol
Good review....
I am as cool as you though because I also read them before they were famous. :)
We're so awesome
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